We've had some big announcements across Power Platform come out of MS Build this week- from the addition of some new logos, the welcome of the 5th member of the Power Platform family, the ability to create an app from an image, and massive improvements to PVA.
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Get notified when someone edits a file in Microsoft Teams
Would you like to know when someone makes changes to a document? With Power Automate, you can send yourself a notification when someone updates a file stored in Microsoft Teams (SharePoint).
Creating a new flow in Power Automate: Which option should you pick?
When opening up Power Automate, you'll be asked if you want to created an automated cloud flow, instant could flow, scheduled cloud flow, desktop flow, or business process flow. Let's break down what each type is and when you would use it.
How can I learn Power Virtual Agents? Resources to help you get started
Looking to get started with Microsoft Power Virtual Agents (PVA)? Here's a list of resources I've put together to kick start your journey.
Capture unrecognized user inputs in Power Virtual Agents by setting up a fallback topic
This post will take you through how to configure your PVA bot's system fallback topic, and use Power Automate track unrecognised trigger phrases entered in by your bot users. You can use this feedback to add new topics to your bot or improve triggering on current topics.
How can I learn Power Apps? Resources to help you get started
Have you recently discovered Power Apps and want to to learn more about it? In this post I've put together some resources to help you kick start your Power Apps journey.
Create your own custom action for a message posted in Microsoft Teams
Against message in Microsoft Teams, you have the option to perform actions. With Power Automate, you can build a flow to create your own custom action to appear in your list. This works for both messages posted in a channel and those in a chat.
Send a random image or GIF via your Power Virtual Agents chatbot
With Power Virtual Agents, it is possible to return a GIF or an image to the conversation via Power Automate. This post will take you through the steps of how you can use Power Automate to randomly select one of your curated images or GIFs, then send it to the conversation with the end user in Power Virtual agents. It's an easy way to add some variety to your chatbot conversations.
Join Microsoft’s next Power Hour to learn about Power Virtual Agents
Microsoft's next virtual Power Hour session is coming up on 7th April, 12:00pm-1:00pm AEST. I'll be featured at this session, and we'll be talking all things Power Virtual Agents. If you were looking for an opportunity to learn about PVA, see what the capabilities are, or get started building a no-code chatbot of your own, … Continue reading Join Microsoft’s next Power Hour to learn about Power Virtual Agents
Excited to announce that I have been awarded Microsoft MVP
Thank you to all the readers of my blog here, and I'm looking forward to sharing even more tips and tutorials with you on Microsoft Power Platform.
Rishona Elijah 